Wisconsin Maritime Museum

Description


Identification
Vessel name:
Ayr
Year of Build:
1855
Rebuilt:
1. 1869;
Construction and Ownership
Built at:
Port Dalhousie, Ontario
Vessel Type:
Schooner
Hull Materials:
Wood
Builder Name:
A. Muir
Ownership Notes:
Muir, A., (1856-1866); Muir, Bryre, (1866-1869);
Master(s):
Muir, Bryce, (1855);
Power
Number of Masts:
2 (1855)
Tonnage
1855
Gross: 340
1869
Gross: 393
History
Classification:
a. Schooner, Ayr (1855-c.1900)
Nationality:
Canada (1855-c.1900)
Chronology:
1. 11/8/1856, Port Maitland, ashore and released, cargo $100 loss, hull $100 loss;
2. 11/00/1859, Port Union, Lake Ontario, ashore and released, $400 loss;
3. 10/27/1863, South Manitou, Lake Michigan, dismasted and repaired, $514 loss;
Notes
General notes:
Apparently, she was abandoned about 1900;
1856, she was valued at 12,000; 1864, she was valued at $9,000, new masts and rigging; 1866, she was valued at $9,000;
she had raft ports in 1860;
She was launched sideways, black hull with white cover board stripe;
Sources:
1. Canadian Vessel Register: 1856, 1857, 1860, 1864;
2. Marine Casualties on the Great Lakes, (1863-1873), Record Group 26, Records of the United States Coast Guard:
3. Wright's Master Sheet;
4. Canadian Lake Vessel Register: 1869;
Contact
Contact
Wisconsin Maritime Museum
Email:[email protected]
Website:
https://www.wisconsinmaritime.org/

Agency street/mail address:
75 Maritime Dr.
Manitowoc, WI,54220
920-684-0218




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